Overview
- Trust chairman Nripendra Mishra said President Droupadi Murmu has informally agreed to visit the Ram temple, with March under consideration pending formal confirmation.
- The Statesman reported March 19 as the expected date, with a program planned to honor about 400 workers involved in the temple's construction.
- Central Sanskrit University has permanently gifted a rare 400-year-old Valmiki Ramayana manuscript to the trust after it was previously on loan to the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum.
- A selection committee will be formed to identify ancient Ramayanas for installation and the trust plans a repository to preserve texts and translations at the temple complex.
- The temporary Ram Lalla temple is being converted into a memorial targeted for completion by March, and construction partners L&T and TCS are expected to finish remaining work and exit by end-April.